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. >> today marks rosa park's historic refusal to move to the back of the bus. today we remember rosa park's bold stand and her role in ending racism. yes, ending racism. you didn't know that racism was ended? it turns out a few hours later after the republican party was informed by like a million reply tweets that rosa parks did not actually end racism in america and that no one has actually managed to end racism in america, the republican party rewrote this tweet this way. previous tweet should have road we remember rosa park's bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism. if the republican party's first tweet were right and racism had been ended in america, perhaps these three kids would not have been arrested last week while committing the crime of waiting while black. they were waiting for their school bus. they are members of the edison tech high school basketball team who were waiting for their school bus to take them to a scrimmage basketball game on wednesday morning. at 8:43 a.m. they were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for obstructi
. >> today marks rosa park's historic refusal to move to the back of the bus. today we remember rosa park's bold stand and her role in ending racism. yes, ending racism. you didn't know that racism was ended? it turns out a few hours later after the republican party was informed by like a million reply tweets that rosa parks did not actually end racism in america and that no one has actually managed to end racism in america, the republican party rewrote this tweet this way. previous tweet...
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there's nothing controversial about paying tribute to rosa parks. and the role she played in the civil rights movement in this country. but as you can imagine, many americans were surprised to hear racism was all over. the tweet sent off a firestorm online. maybe the backlash has something to do with the fact that this is still happening in america. >> set up near a mitt romney for president sign was a chair empty, except for two water melons, a rope tied into an apparent noose with a sign set up to look like a teleprompter that read, "go back to kenya." >> the sign in front of the georgia peach oyster bar says they don't support barack obama and the white house but uses the "n" word. >> the neighbor put a sign in his yard that uses the "n" word and claims it was directed at them. >> in an e-mail sent to an unknown number of officials, marlin davenport sent this photo, along with the phrase, now you know why no birth certificate. >> the rnc clarified its tweet saying previous tweet should have said today we remember rosa parks' bold stand and her ro
there's nothing controversial about paying tribute to rosa parks. and the role she played in the civil rights movement in this country. but as you can imagine, many americans were surprised to hear racism was all over. the tweet sent off a firestorm online. maybe the backlash has something to do with the fact that this is still happening in america. >> set up near a mitt romney for president sign was a chair empty, except for two water melons, a rope tied into an apparent noose with a...
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this would not have happened -- rosa parks tweet would not have happened. the unfurling of the confederate flag would not have happened. lar lar larry clayman would not have been allowed had michael steele been the chair of the republican party because he knows what kind of message that sends to african-americans, what that does for the reputation of the republican party, and he would know to stop it. look, i give the republican party, rnc great credit for correcting the tweet three hours later, but the problem is the tweet went out in the first place. >> there's a sense some corners of the republican party believe racism is over. >> we're the real racist if we say there's a problem with racism. >> that's the racially divisive thing. >> liberal racist. >> because it works for us. the idea on some level someone wants to say, good on you you're trying to engage with black people in detroit. >> absolutely. >> it's almost more insulting to do that in a purely cosmetic sort of marketing fashion as jonathan explains than substantively, which is to rethink policie
this would not have happened -- rosa parks tweet would not have happened. the unfurling of the confederate flag would not have happened. lar lar larry clayman would not have been allowed had michael steele been the chair of the republican party because he knows what kind of message that sends to african-americans, what that does for the reputation of the republican party, and he would know to stop it. look, i give the republican party, rnc great credit for correcting the tweet three hours...
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. >> sunday was the 58th anniversary of rosa parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. and there is a tweet marking the date. today we remember posa parks bold stand in her role in ending racism. well, that message sparked outrage in the twitter verse from thousands who say that racism is not over. >>> and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now for our first look at politics, joining us now, aaron blake from "the washington post." aaron, good morning. >> good morning. >> aaron, let's start with these changes made healthcare.gov. do you think things may be changing? >> the aadministration announced that the website is working 90% of the time. that that was about their goal. they're privately held goal of 80% which they said was a number they were seeking privately after saying they wanted to work for the vast majority of users. so basically what they're saying now this is working as well as they wanted it to right now. there is still a lot of very important changes to be made. there's still some issues as far as the back end and sending
. >> sunday was the 58th anniversary of rosa parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. and there is a tweet marking the date. today we remember posa parks bold stand in her role in ending racism. well, that message sparked outrage in the twitter verse from thousands who say that racism is not over. >>> and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now for our first look at politics, joining us now, aaron blake from "the washington...
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it read, quote, today we remember rosa parks and her role in ending racism. that was back in the '50s. "a" shouldn't have talked about racism ending. and "b," certainly not in the 1950s. ted cruz and sarah palin led protests when telling president obama to put the koran down and figuratively come out with his hands up. there are images there of a protester outside the white house waving the confederate flag. start with michael steele here. your thoughts on how goes the autopsy and the resurrection, if you will, to use that metaphor. >> well, the body's still dead. i don't think that there's a whole lot that's really come out of this. there have been misstep after misstep. i mean, the opening, for example, of an office in detroit for african-american engagement, really, in detroit is that what you want to call it? it's just not inviting. it's not a way in which i think you say affirmatively to african-americans let alone the vast majority of other communities out there that we need to touch that we want to have a dialogue and a conversation we want you to be p
it read, quote, today we remember rosa parks and her role in ending racism. that was back in the '50s. "a" shouldn't have talked about racism ending. and "b," certainly not in the 1950s. ted cruz and sarah palin led protests when telling president obama to put the koran down and figuratively come out with his hands up. there are images there of a protester outside the white house waving the confederate flag. start with michael steele here. your thoughts on how goes the...
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rosa parks did what? plus, the gop's guide to picking up women. and the connection between hip hop, sexuality, and gender. but first, the president has a new playbook. all offense, all the time. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. i want to talk today about a controversial word. it's a word that has been with us for years. and like it or not, it's indelibly printed in the pages of american history. a word that was originally intended at a derogatory term. meant to shame and divide and demean. the word was conceived up by a group of wealthy white men who needed a way to put themselves above and apart from a black man, to render him inferior and unequal and diminish his accomplishments. president obama has been labels with this word by his opponents, and at first he rose above it, hoping that if he could just make a cause for what he'd achieved, his opponents would fail in making their label stick. but no matter how many successes that he had as president, he realized there were still many people for whom he'd never be anything more than tha
rosa parks did what? plus, the gop's guide to picking up women. and the connection between hip hop, sexuality, and gender. but first, the president has a new playbook. all offense, all the time. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. i want to talk today about a controversial word. it's a word that has been with us for years. and like it or not, it's indelibly printed in the pages of american history. a word that was originally intended at a derogatory term. meant to shame and...
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rosa flores, thank you for that. >>> i want to turn now to chad myers at the cnn weather center in atlanta. i don't know if you were watching just a few seconds ago when we showed that video, and i don't know if the control room can rerack it. when that ice slab was falling off the roofness dallas. it's unbelievable the power and weight and danger. look at this. listen to it for a second. i want to listen, hold on. >> oh, my god. holy crap. >> yeah. i mean, honestly, chad, they were so lucky that there weren't people out there. that's deadly. >> we expect dha in buffalo, toronto, ontario, detroit. but not dallas. dallas had so much ice come down. literally an inch of ice. even some sports more than that. and then it just slid. and when it gets a little warm, slippery or wet ice, and that ice slid right off the roadway. >>> we have airport delays because of the ice and snow. the main ones, laguardia and newark. if you're heading to charlotte, you're being stopped on the airport way because of the snow there coming down. and it's going to take another 30 minutes for that cool down and get ba
rosa flores, thank you for that. >>> i want to turn now to chad myers at the cnn weather center in atlanta. i don't know if you were watching just a few seconds ago when we showed that video, and i don't know if the control room can rerack it. when that ice slab was falling off the roofness dallas. it's unbelievable the power and weight and danger. look at this. listen to it for a second. i want to listen, hold on. >> oh, my god. holy crap. >> yeah. i mean, honestly, chad,...
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what's going on out there, rosa? >> wolf, up with of the things we're dealing with is low visibility. so all the drivers out there using their low beams, there is precipitation in certain areas so they're using the windshield wipers and it's in the 30s. they're also cranking up the heat. let me set the scene for you. you can see that visibility is low. the clouds are low. so drivers are being very careful out there. you're looking at the new jersey turnpike. traffic is moving at a pretty good clip right now. the office of emergency management tells us they're dealing with two things, the southern part of new jersey, ponding and flooding. and the northern parts of the state, they're dealing with snow, sleet, ice on the roads. so it can be treacherous. the department of transportation said they were preparing for the absolute worst. they have about 2,000 pieces of equipment that can spread salt or that can plow the roads. they used 800 overnight and right now, they are assessing the situation. i talked to state police,
what's going on out there, rosa? >> wolf, up with of the things we're dealing with is low visibility. so all the drivers out there using their low beams, there is precipitation in certain areas so they're using the windshield wipers and it's in the 30s. they're also cranking up the heat. let me set the scene for you. you can see that visibility is low. the clouds are low. so drivers are being very careful out there. you're looking at the new jersey turnpike. traffic is moving at a pretty...
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rosa flores joins us now in richfield, naurnl. how are things now? >> reporter: john, slick, wet road conditions are what drivers are expecting. we talked to a driver who made a 180 on the interstate. and let's say that he's counting his blessings this morning. we have plight precipitation. and if you take a look, visibility is one of the things that emergency officials are tell us that they're worried about. clouds are low, visibility is low. they're worried about that. i just got off the phone with the new jersey department of transportation, and they say that they said 800 trucks out overnight plowing and spreading salt to make sure the roadways were as good as can be for drivers. i also talked to the emergency management. and they tell me that in new jersey, they saw almost a slit. now the storm was moving from south to north. and the conditions initially were really bad in the southern part of new jersey. now they're experiencing more flooding and ponding in that part of the state. so they're asking drivers to be very, very careful, not to drive
rosa flores joins us now in richfield, naurnl. how are things now? >> reporter: john, slick, wet road conditions are what drivers are expecting. we talked to a driver who made a 180 on the interstate. and let's say that he's counting his blessings this morning. we have plight precipitation. and if you take a look, visibility is one of the things that emergency officials are tell us that they're worried about. clouds are low, visibility is low. they're worried about that. i just got off...